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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 6, Verse 23

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22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
King James Version
For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
American Standard Version
For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
New English Translation
For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
World English Bible
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26
For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31
But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32
[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.